Cuisinart GreenGourmet Eco-Friendly 12-Inch Skillet with Helper Handle

As of this writing, there are 64 reviews for these pans.Unfortunately, Amazon is selling 9 different pans that all share the same reviews.Since so many people have been complaining about what sound like defective pans, I wondered: are some of these 9 different pans defective more often than the other ones?Are some earning the high marks while others often disappoint?

As of this writing, the review totals are:

5 stars:35

4 stars:7

3 stars:4

2 stars:6

1 star:12

Since the reviewers usually do not specify which pan they purchased, I tried clicking, "" for each reviewer.Looking through their reviews, you find which pan they actually reviewed!Many just reviewed the GreenGourmet line, but many others reviewed specific pans.You will see greater specificity among the 5-star and 4-star-rating people than you will among the 2-star and 1-star-rating people, which is unfortunate, but I'm willing to draw a lot of conclusion from only a little data.You may choose to do the same or not.

12"Fe12"Al10"Fe10"Al8"Fe8"AlAl Set

5 stars:287161

4 stars:5

3 stars:11

2 stars:1

1 star:11

key: 12"Fe means 12" stainless steel, 12"Al means 12: anodized aluminum.

NOTE: GreenGourmet pans are available on Amazon in stainless, aluminum, or hard-anodized aluminum.The basic aluminum line is not present on Cuisinart's website, however, nor did any reviewer specify having purchased it.I wonder, therefore, if it is an older, inferior line.

Unfortunately, only 2 of the 12 one-star reviewers specified which pan they were reviewing, but 1 of those 2 said they'd bought the 10"Fe.25 of the 35 five-star reviewers specified the pan they were reviewing, and none of them said they'd bought the 10"Fe.

Amazon also sells the anodized aluminum set on a separate page on their site, with its own set of reviews.That set of reviews is much more top-heavy:

5 stars:14

4 stars:5

3 stars:2

2 stars:1

1 star:3